Diwakar elected new mayor of Mangaluru
Mangaluru: Diwakar Pandeshwar, BJP Corporator from Cantonment ward, was on Friday elected new Mayor of Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC). Vedavathi, Corporator from Kulai, was elected the Deputy Mayor. The mayoral election was held at the MCC conference hall.
All the 60 corporators, two MLAs Vedavyasa Kamath and Bharath Y Shetty and Ivan D'Souza, MLC, cast their vote in the election, while Nalin Kumar Kateel, MP, did not turn up.
The standing committee members for various departments were also elected. The Congress had put up candidates for both the posts. Keshava who was fielded for the Mayor's post got 15 votes including the MLC vote.
Deputy Mayor candidate Zeenath Shamshuddin, who was supported by SDPI's two members, secured 17 votes, while both the BJP candidates got 46 votes including the votes of their two MLAs.
In the November 12 elections to the 60-member Corporation council, BJP had won 44 seats, while the Congress got only 14.
SDPI members were elected from two wards.
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Mangaluru: Bajpe police arrests young man for alleged derogatory posts against police
Bajpe: Police have arrested a youth for allegedly posting derogatory and defamatory content against the Bajpe police on social media.
The arrested accused has been identified as Abhishek M. (23), a resident of Katipalla, Surathkal.
According to the police, Abhishek posted a photograph of Bajpe Nisarga Hotel on his Instagram account mr_a_titude_22, alleging that accused persons in a murder case under the jurisdiction of the Bajpe police station were being treated “like royalty” by the police and were being served beef meals from the hotel every day. In his post, he further accused the police of colluding with criminals and misusing their authority, stating that public trust in the police was being betrayed.
Following which, the Bajpe police registered a case and arrested the accused.
Police records reveal that Abhishek is already facing multiple criminal cases. A case of murder, attempt to murder, assault and robbery has been registered against him at the Surathkal police station. At the same time, a robbery case has also been registered at the Kaup police station.
After his arrest, Abhishek was handed over to the custody of the CEN police for further investigation. He was later produced before a court, police said.
